THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY MELLOW, MUSTO, BAKER, LOGAN, RAFFERTY, STACK, HUGHES, FERLO, KITCHEN, WASHINGTON, M. WHITE, BOSCOLA, GREENLEAF, WARD, O'PAKE, TARTAGLIONE, ARGALL, WAUGH, FONTANA, DINNIMAN, STOUT, BRUBAKER, ORIE AND PILEGGI, AUGUST 7, 2009

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, AUGUST 7, 2009  

AN ACT

Designating Route 611, from Main Street in the Village of

Tobyhanna to Interstate 380 in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe

County, as the Trooper Joshua D. Miller Memorial Highway.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Trooper Joshua D. Miller Memorial Highway.

(a)  Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1)  Trooper Joshua D. Miller was killed in the line of

duty on June 7, 2009, while attempting to apprehend a

kidnapping suspect. While engaged in a gun battle with the

suspect, another State trooper and a local police officer

were able to rescue the nine-year-old child who was being

abducted.

(2)  Trooper Miller, age 34, was a six-year veteran of

the Pennsylvania State Police and had received several

commendations for his work protecting the citizens of this

Commonwealth. A resident of Pittston Township, Pennsylvania,

he is survived by his wife and three children.

(b)  Designation.--Route 611, from Main Street in the Village

of Tobyhanna to Interstate 380 in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe

County, is hereby designated as the Trooper Joshua D. Miller

Memorial Highway.

(c)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to

traffic in both directions.

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.